THE RISE OF REALISM (1860-1914) The U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) between the industrial North and the agricultural‚ slave-owning South was an important event that marked American history. Before the war‚ idealists championed human rights‚ especially the abolition of slavery; after the war‚ Americans increasingly idealized progress and the selfmade man. Business boomed after the war. War production had boosted industry in the North and given it prestige and political clout. The enormous natural resources
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The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document File is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file‚ for any purpose‚ and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim Manis‚ Faculty Editor‚ nor anyone associated
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The rise of Realism in 1855 was the time when farming began to industrialize‚ communication expanded through railroads‚ and Nationalism was yet again revived. On top of all these important transformations that have marked this period of time was the significance for literature with a new audience‚ new settings‚ and new characters. The novel‚ Ethan Frome‚ by Edith Wharton‚ is a magnificent example of literature from the Realistic period. First‚ Realism is a definite movement away from the
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“The Awakening” Edna Pontellier’s action in the novel “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin‚ could be justified as her being selfish and unjustified in her actions. The story’s romanticism changes the outlook of Edna to being an admirable character‚ in many ways. She emancipated herself from her restraints and achieved nearly all that she desired. Chopin could have used this book to glorify the women of this age‚ but because of the time period and life styles‚ most of what was referred to in the story
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Breaking Free The Awakening by Kate Chopin is a short story representing freedom‚ individuality‚ and separating from the status quo. The main character‚ Edna Pontellier‚ is facing many dilemma’s that allow her to discover who she really is. Edna’s death at the end of the book is portraying her triumph against her world. By dying‚ she is proving she does not need a husband‚ that she will not be known as the mother society is wanting her to be‚ and that she can express her true emotions. Therefore
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Sin‚ Love‚ and Solitude as Stimuluses in the Identification of One’s Individuality An oak tree’s leaves are constantly changing by the season‚ reacting to the world around them. They are easily swayed by the wind and rain‚ or battered and torn by these external influences. While a tree’s beauty may be judged by its leaves‚ the trunk is what truly holds it together. The trunk does not change with the weather; it is steadily and constantly growing‚ grounded to the earth with a grand yet invisible
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301 Impact of Realism on Literature Although many don’t realize it‚ realism plays a very important role in the literature that we read every day. Roaming from “Peter and the Rabbit” to “Sense and Sensibility”‚ every book relies‚ in some way‚ on realism. Every book portrays the elements that are unique to realism. Realism’s objective is to depict something in it’s actuality‚ and when it is depicted in literature it is often told in a third person objective point of view. Realism tries to separate
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PRACTISES. Before realism‚ theatre was bound up in melodramas‚ spectacle plays (disasters‚ etc.)‚ comic operas‚ and vaudevilles (acrobats‚ musicians‚ ect.).Realism began in the late 1800s as a trial‚ in hope of making theatre more relevant to life and society. Today‚ many aspects of realism are still present in contemporary theatre practices. For majority of the 20th-century theatre‚ realism has been main stream. Due to a reaction against melodramas (romanticized plays) realism began as an experiment
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Magical Realism Magical realism is a genre of film where magic elements are a natural part in a realistic environment. However‚ it is most commonly used as a literary genre‚ magic realism can also apply to visual arts and obviously films. This type of genre began in the Latin culture and now is known world wide for its attributes. There are two people that have been credited for coining the term Magical Realism‚ Dudley Fits and Franz Roh. Both of them are well-recognized authors. Magical Realism
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Belicia and Abelard and this family fought against the curse of fuku which was caused by Trujillo. By unconventionally using a writing method of magic realism‚ the author Junot Diaz wrote about a real history of Dominican Republic during Trujillo’s dictatorship period and the lives of Dominican people who live in America nowadays. Magical realism allows Diaz to bring supernatural elements to the story. Even though this novel has many magic elements‚ the core of it is trying to express the Dominican
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